Divorce is hard. But the process of getting one shouldn't be.

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Calder Family Law’s philosophy is different 

We’d rather see you put this difficult time behind you without it costing you an arm and a leg in lawyer’s fees.  That’s why we offer alternatives to the old-fashioned bitter divorce of yesteryear to qualifying couples.

We encourage couples facing the end of their marriage to investigate "no-conflict" divorce

Unlike what you will hear from your typical divorce lawyer, we encourage couples to consider amicable alternatives to getting a divorce like our “No-Conflict divorce” [also known as an “uncontested divorce”].  That’s when parties who are willing to cooperate in the divorce process, come up with their own plan for dividing things up in order to save time, money, and emotional energy and also to retain greater control over the outcome.

Typically, people have three options when it comes to getting a divorce:

  1. Each party hires their own divorce lawyer to represent them in a traditional contested divorce often involving prolonged and expensive litigation.
  2. DIY – filling out and filing all the forms themselves (there are over a dozen, more if you have children, together with pages of confusing and often conflicting instructions).  This option is not very practical unless the parties are cooperating and agree on everything.
  3. If you and your spouse can settle things amongst yourselves, with our without outside help, then you can consider utilizing the expertise of someone like Mr. Calder to draft and file your papers for you – using terms that you and your spouse came up with yourselves.   

For people interested in a kinder - gentler way to get a divorce consider our "UNCONTESTED" or "NO-CONFLICT" DIVORCE.

First, to qualify, you must both be willing to do the ‘hard part’ which is to cooperate by coming to an agreement on everything. We can give you a ‘laundry list’ of the things you need to address if need be. If so, we will take care of the morass of paperwork for you – all you need to do is simply complete and submit our easy and convenient online questionnaire. The questionnaire is designed to tell us what we need in order to draft your divorce documents. Your information is “ssl” secure and encrypted for your security. We will review your questionnaire and let you know if we have questions or need any additional information.

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Mr. Calder then prepares your custom paperwork, personally, we don’t use AI, law students or paralegals. We do only Colorado cases so we are familiar with the turf, unlike the document services who operate in all 50 states.

Your completed paperwork will be emailed to you usually within one or two business days along with easy to follow instructions for signing. At this stage in the process those “document prep” services wish you “luck” and hand you a stack of papers and confusing filing instructions. Not us.

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If you opt for us to file your papers with the court for you, once you and your spouse have signed the documents and completed the brief financial form required by the court, we have you mail them back to us and we review them, making sure they are all properly signed and accounted for, then WE send them to the appropriate court for filingNO ONE ELSE DOES THAT.

That sounds simple but it’s not. Lots of missteps are possible when filing a divorce with the court that can result in rejection or delay. If you opt to have us file for you, you won’t have to worry about any of that.  If you prefer to file yourself, we’ll give you specific instructions on how to do so.   Either way your final divorce decree will be issued by the court in about 91 days. It’s that simple.

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Mr. Calder's 40+ years as a practicing divorce attorney make him uniquely qualified to prepare your divorce documents so you can be assured of their acceptability by the Colorado courts.

Before his retirement from actively representing clients in contested family law cases, Mr. Calder was listed among the Top 3 Aurora Divorce Lawyers, and Top 10 in Colorado.  He enjoys a 5-Star Google rating as well as an “AV” [highest] peer rating from his toughest critics – other attorneys and judges.

During his illustrious career as a divorce lawyer in Aurora, he  served the Aurora legal community as president of the Bar Association and handled thousands of cases, from routine to complex, and everything in between. In doing so, he was never the subject of discipline by the State Bar. Check him out at BBB, Three Best Rated.com, Colorado State Bar, Martindale-Hubbel, Yelp, Google My Business, etc.

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Value

Mr. Calder prides himself as a member of the Aurora, Denver, Adams, Centennial, Arapahoe, and greater Colorado legal communities for having maintained a fee structure that places his services comfortably within reach of those in the communities he serves.

Mr. Calder’s fees for “No-Conflict” cases range from $299* for parties without children, to $499* for those with children.   These are flat fees, not hourly.   If you choose our optional filing service, add $100 plus $9 for postage and handling.  The Court’s filing fee, presently $260, is not included in our pricing because you will be paying that directly to the court when your case is filed.   

Guarantee – We guarantee that our “No-Conflict” paperwork will not be rejected by the court for a cause attributable to us, period.  We stand behind our work and will rectify any problem attributable to us or your money back.  

Start your No-Conflict Case Now...

TO START YOUR NO CONFLICT DIVORCE 

WITHOUT CHILDREN…

PRESS HERE to access our online Questionnaire and start your Colorado no-conflict divorce [uncontested divorce] without children. There’s no need to open an account or set up a login. You can even inspect the Questionnaire without submitting it if you would like.

TO START YOUR NO CONFLICT DIVORCE

WITH CHILDREN…

PRESS HERE  and you will be taken to our online Questionnaire to start a no conflict case for parties with children under 19 years of age.   

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For questions or to discuss your matter with Mr. Calder
Call 303-883-9346

Some of the recognition Mr. Calder has received for his work

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Divorce Lawyer in Aurora, Stephen Calder was named Denver Top Rated Lawyer by the Denver Post
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